Bibliograph

My bright abyss, meditation of a modern believer, Christian Wiman

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Label

My bright abyss, meditation of a modern believer, Christian Wiman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My bright abyss

Oclc number

795174378

Responsibility statement

Christian Wiman

Sub title

meditation of a modern believer

Summary

"Composed in the difficult years since [having written a now-famous essay about having faith in the face of death] and completed in the wake of a bone marrow transplant, [this book] is a ... meditation on what a viable contemporary faith--responsive not only to modern thought and science but also to religious tradition--might feel like"--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

My bright abyss -- Sorrow's flower -- Tender interior -- God's truth is life -- O thou mastering light -- Dear oblivion -- Hive of nerves -- God is not beyond -- Varieties of quiet -- Mortify our wolves -- A million little oblivions

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